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Speech Communication at University of Iowa

Speech Communication at University of Iowa

If you plan to study speech communication, take a look at what University of Iowa has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Speech Communication section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa Speech Communication Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication
  • Master’s Degree in Speech Communication

Iowa Speech Communication Rankings

The speech communication major at Iowa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Speech Communication. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in speech communication, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Speech Communication Student Demographics at Iowa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the speech communication majors at University of Iowa.

Iowa Speech Communication Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of speech communication bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in speech communication at Iowa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a bachelor's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 129
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Iowa Speech Communication Master’s Program

100% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of speech communication master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a master's in speech communication.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Speech Communication Grads May Go Into

A degree in speech communication can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Public Relations Specialists 1,820 $56,880
Radio and Television Announcers 530 $34,870
Communications Professors 480 $88,340
Writers and Authors 470 $50,680

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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